Ashland Aluminum Co., Inc.

Ashland Aluminum was started in Chicago, IL by Norman Yoelin in 1962 to supply the aluminum requirements for metal stampers in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. Mr. Yoelin purchased the cold rolling mill from the defunct Aluminum Mills Corporation in the1970's, when they closed their facility in the Chicago area. 

Ashland Aluminum purchased Hot Rolled Coils from the numerous integrated mills that surrounded his plant in Chicago, and precision cold rolled the aluminum coils to their customer's needs. Mr. Yoelin added annealing furnaces and slitting lines to temper and process the aluminum coils so that they could supply common alloys 1100, 3003 and 5052 in various gauges, tempers, and widths. The mill grew its aluminum production and sales until 2009, and then due to Mr. Yoelin's poor health, the bad economy, and an aged facility that was land locked, the decision was made by its management to find a buyer. 

Ashland Aluminum operated its cold rolling mill and processing facility in Chicago until 2013 when the assets were purchased by Chain Industries, an investment company, and moved to its present modern facility in Fowlerville, MI. Michael Yoelin, Norman's son, worked with Ashland Aluminum as a consultant after the company moved to Michigan. J.W. Chain, the general manager, and John Gilbert, plant manager, were part of the management team that moved the operation from a land-locked older facility in Illinois to a new facility, with acreage to expand, in Fowlerville, MI. A rolling mill was purchased with new electronics, gauge control, new coolant system and environmental upgrades were made. A new annealing furnace was added, and the processing lines were updated to prepare Ashland Aluminum for future growth. 

Ashland Aluminum and its associates are looking forward to the future as the aluminum industry continues to evolve and grow. Ashland Aluminum is presently working on developing its cold rolling and annealing capabilities to produce additional alloys of aluminum for automotive, appliance, aerospace, building, construction, electronic and HVAC and metals distribution industries.